Alina Smutko
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Alina Smutko | |
|---|---|
| Аліна Смутко | |
| Born | 1992 (age 33–34) |
| Alma mater | Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, Ukrainian Catholic University |
Alina Viktorivna Smutko[1] (Ukrainian: Аліна Вікторівна Смутко, born 1992[2]) is a Ukrainian documentary photographer and photojournalist.
She graduated from the Faculty of Philology and Journalism of Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University (2014, bachelor's degree),[1][3] and the School of Journalism and Communications of the Ukrainian Catholic University (2016, master's degree).[4]
In 2016–2019, she was in the occupied Crimea as a freelance reporter for the Ukrainian bureau of Radio Liberty/Radio Free Europe.[5] In 2019, Russia declared her persona non grata for her professional activities and banned her from entering Crimea and Russia for ten years.[6][7]
During 2021–2023, she worked in the Suspilne Novyny team.[4][2] She covered events in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblast, Transnistria, Abkhazia and Nagorno-Karabakh. Her work has been published on Hromadske, Focus, Deutsche Welle, BBC, Radio Liberty, The New York Times,[8] The Telegraph,[9] Politico, Der Spiegel, National Geographic, The Independent,[10] The Guardian,[11] Reuters.[12][5]
Since 2013, she has been working with Reuters.[4] She is the author of illustrations and several book covers, including those of Choven Publishing House.[5]